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Montgomery County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Montgomery County

Reuben J. Palmer (1829-1868) — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Tex.Born in Alabama,January18, 1829.Lawyer;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Tex.,March20, 1868 (age39 years, 62days).Interment at Montgomery Old Cemetery.

Index to Locations Unknown location MontgomeryMontgomery New Cemetery MontgomeryMontgomery Old Cemetery UnknownLocation Montgomery County, Texas John McClanahan Lewis — ofMontgomeryCounty, Tex.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1844-45;Speaker ofthe Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45;Speaker ofthe Texas State House of Representatives, 1846.Interment somewhere. Politicians buriedhere:   Montgomery NewCemetery Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart (1806-1885) — also known asCharles B. Stewart — BornFebruary18, 1806.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of San Felipe de Austin, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.DiedJuly 28,1885 (age79 years, 160days).Interment at Montgomery New Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:   Montgomery OldCemetery Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas Founded 1838 Thomas Chilton (1798-1854) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born near Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.,July 30,1798.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1827-31, 1833-35 (11th District1827-31, 6th District 1833-35).According to family legend, he helped Davy Crockett write hisautobiography.Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Tex.,August15, 1854 (age56 years, 16days).Interment at Montgomery Old Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Margaret (Bledsoe) Chilton and Thomas John Chilton; brother ofWilliamParish Chilton; married,August10, 1815, to Francis Tribble Stoner; father of Sarah ElizabethChilton (who marriedFranklinWelsh Bowdon); grandfather ofHoraceGeorge Chilton; granduncle ofArthurBounds Chilton; first cousin twice removed ofJohnSmith; second cousin ofJoshuaChilton; second cousin once removed ofCommodorePerry Chilton andShadrachChilton; third cousin once removed ofHowellCobb,HenryRootes Jackson andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed ofAndrewJackson Cobb.   Political families:Chilton#1 family;Chilton#2 family of Missouri (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Reuben Dejarnett Palmer and Martha Philadelphhia Frances(Christian) Palmer; married to Fannie WinfieldBranch.
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